MADAM Roslinda Mohamad Ali thought that her son had developed a fever from fretting over his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results.

He was later diagnosed with Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) but she never thought that he would die as she had seen the children of friends and relatives recover from the disease over the past two years.

But 12-year-old Muhammad Shahril Izhar Kamarudin died in hospital on Sunday, a week after he was diagnosed with the disease.

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